US 11,880,468 B2
Autonomous, self-authenticating and self-contained secure boot-up system and methods
James Plusquellic, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Assigned to UNM Rainforest Innovations, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Appl. No. 16/961,614
Filed by UNM Rainforest Innovations, Albuquerque, NM (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/013229
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 10, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/140218, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/637,564, filed on Mar. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/616,816, filed on Jan. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0342112 A1, Oct. 29, 2020
Int. Cl. G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06F 21/78 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); H03K 3/03 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 21/575 (2013.01) [G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06F 21/78 (2013.01); H03K 3/0315 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for an autonomous, self-authenticating and self-contained secure boot-up process for FPGAs, wherein the method leverages PUFs to generate a decryption key at boot-up time for decrypting a second stage boot-up image and the method further comprises a SHA-3 hash algorithm operable in a functional mode and a PUF mode.